I have been unable to make my Open Thread publish. And yes, I checked to make sure "Open Thread" is in the tags. It keeps telling me "this node cannot be updated." I then tried re-editing it and setting a different publishing time. Then it told me it was unpublished and would be published on 7/18 at 9:34. Which it now is. I dunno, maybe it will eventually publish.

If it doesn't publish, I'll publish it next week, since it's the next installment in my Outside the Asylum series.

July 16 is the 197th day of the year, there are 168 days left

Tis Boomtime, Confusion 51, 1367 YOLD

Today's number is 16

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and it is also Sweetmorn, Confusion 50, 3184 YOLD
(for you Discordians out there)

Sit-a-while
on swinging porch
where tin-dippers and
sweet water
in cool touches
meet lips
from hand dug wells.

Against this cosmic background the lifespan of a particular plant or animal appears, not as drama complete in itself, but only as a brief interlude in a panorama of endless change. ~ Rachel Carson

Day seven: Great Sand Dunes, Mesa Verde and The Grand Canyon should be behind me and Los Angeles just beyond the horizon.